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World Youth Report 2005

Young People Today, and in 2015

More than 500 million youths worldwide live on less than $2 a day, 113 million are not in school, 88 million are unemployed and 10 million have HIV/AIDS, all significant challenges for reaching the 2015 goals of reducing poverty by half, increasing literacy, and improving the health of people around the world. Amid this grim picture portrayed in the World Youth Report 2005, there are positive signs. Since 1995, the number of children completing primary school has continued to increase, while the current generation is the best educated in history.

Foreword

Young people hold the key to society’s firture, Their ambitions, goals and aspirations for peace, security, development and human rights are often in accord With those of society as a whole, The international development agenda is centred around the achievem ment of the eight Irillenniurn Development Goals (MDGs) incorporated in the United Nations Irlillenmhrn Declaration, Each of these Goals relates directly or indil t-ectly to the wellmbehg of children and young people.